HOLOPNEUSTIC


Meaning of HOLOPNEUSTIC in English

|häləp|n(y)üstik, |hōl- adjective

Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary hol- + -pneustic (from Greek pneustikos of or for breathing, from — assumed — Greek pneustos — verbal of Greek pnein to breathe — + Greek -ikos -ic) — more at sneeze

: having all the spiracles or tracheal stigmata open — distinguished from apneustic ; used of various insects

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.